Improvement in heel-plates for boots and shoes



L. W. BUXTON & I. P. GREELEY.

HEEL-PLATES FOR BOOTS AND SHOES.

Nu.188,854. Patented March 27,1877.

' WITNESSES ATTORNEY NJEI'ERS, PHDTKLLITHDGRAPHEH. WASHINGTON. D, C.

J OHN P. GREELEY, of Hillsborough andS tate of Ne ment in HeeLPlates forB 7 full, elear,"and exact description of theconpart of this specificati7 view of the sa1ue.fFig. 5 is our plate is represented as attached. Binwhich extend inward toward the center of they .plate is thus dividedin its outward portion so that this plate has anannular series of al-Jenn stat iMeaoviiiiNT m,

Specification forini g p t of Letters Pa October To all whom it ma 0mmBe. it known that w e, LEVI W. BUXTON and of Nashua, in the county wHampshire, able Improve-' oots and Shoes, and} we do herebydeclarethatthe following-is a have inventeda new andvalu s'truction and operationofithe same, reference being had to the annexeddrawings', making aon,'and to the letters and figuresof reference marked thereon. n

Figure l of the drawings is a representation of a side view of a'gaiterwith this invention attached. Fig. 2 is a. partial section of same. Fig.3 is a top view} oftheheel-plate with the rubber cushions in place. Fig.4 is'a bott'om a perspective view of the rubber cushiom This inventionhas relation to heel-plates and it consists in the sector-shapedrecesses in the upper-surface of the plate, divided by radial ribs, theequidistant screw-holes triangularly arranged, the central aperture andtherubber-cushion studs having sectorshaped upper portions designed tofill the recesses referred to, and downward projections to extend.through the series of holes provided for that purpose in the'plate, ashereinafter shown and described.

'In the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates agaiter, totheheel of which dicates the heel-plate', whieh is preferably circularinform, and of a diameter equalto orfa littleless than the breadth of theheels. Around its edge extendsnpward from the'upper surface a shortflauge ,'a, to which are connected radial ribs 1), of Similar height,

plate, but terminate at about half the distance from the flangedmarginto said center; The

into a .numberof sector-shaped recesses or coinpartments, a, each ofwhich is provided with a central aperture, (1, through the plate,

ternate-ribs and perforations around its outward portion. Within theannular series of ribs the plate is provided with a plane circutent110,155,854, dated March 27, 1877; a

ILEY, OF NASHUA, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

Est-0R BooTs AND SHOES.

pplication filed 14, 1876.

lar space, 6, the center of which is open, being occupied by anaperture, f, of trefoil form. Between the rounded angles of thisopening, near the margin of the plane space e of the plate, are arrangedat equal distances apart three screw-holes, g, whereby the plate isdesignedto be secured to the heel of the shoe.

G represents the rubber cushion, which is used in connection with. thisplate. It con- .sists of a flat sector-shaped body, h, and a roundedstud or projection, K, which extends centrally from its,under side. Whenthe rubber section is placed in the recess 00f the plate it is designedto fill the same neatly, and its stud to extend downward through theopening d and projects a short distance below the bottom of the plate.The annular series of projecting studs-form the tread of the heel. Theupper portion or body h of the cushion is somewhat thicker than theheight of the marginal flange of the heel-plate, so that its uppersurface is raised above the level of said flange. These sector-shapedbodies thus form a sectional ring or annulus of rubber, which is betweenthe heel of the shoe and the plate, and when the latter is drawn towardsaid heel by means of the fastening series, these rubber bodies arecondensed between the ribs by the pressure, and their density iscommunicated to the studs of the tread, so that the striking of the heelin walking produces a sound similar to that of an ordinary leather heel.

The rubber sections when worn down can be readily replaced, and can bereadily interchanged in wearing, so that all will be worn down alike.

In order to afford still greater facility for adjusting the plate to thewear of the heel, the triangular arrangement of screw-holes is adopted,whereby the plate can be turned onethird around and fastened withoutboring new holes in the heel.

The central opening in the plate is mainly designed to admit the spikeor heel-screw of a skate, and its shape is such that if the plate hasbeen properly adjusted with one of its rounded angles in front or rear,it will always be in proper position to receive said spike, whether itbe exactly in the middle of the heel, or a little in front or rearthereof.

Ti-Parana orrron having studs K projecting'gdownward through an annularseries of holes, said plate, substantially as specifiedg a In testimonythatwe claim the above we l have hereunto subscribedour names in the Kpresence of two witnesses.

LEVI W. BUXTON.

JOHN P. GREELEY.

Witnesses: f

BERNARD B. Wmrrmmosn,

FRANK A. GREEK.

